It's a far cry from Coventry - but former Sky Blues defender Peter Ramage has lifted the lid on his life in the US.

The 33-year-old signed for the Arizona-based Phoenix Rising in August 2016.

The former Newcastle and Crystal Palace defender struggled to make his mark at City under Tony Mowbray during the 2015-16 season, and he only made four appearances, before being loaned out to Leyton Orient.

The centre-back is now playing alongside Chelsea legend Didier Drogba at the USL side, who play one level below Major League Soccer.

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Not only that, Shaun Wright-Phillips is in the same team and former Derby, Leicester and Watford man Jordan Stewart is in defence with him.

On Drogba, Ramage says: "He's putting bums on seats.

"We've sold out every home game that we've had, and all the shirts are getting sold with 'Drogba 11' on the back. It's great for the organisation that they've managed to bring someone of his ilk in.

"Even for us players, at 33, I'm still learning from him, and it's great to say that I'm sharing a dressing room with him. It's hard to say as a Palace fan: he's a Chelsea legend, but he's also a footballing legend, and it's great to be able to feed off him and learn."

"We play against a lot of the MLS second teams, the reserves, and you come up against the first-teamers who are coming back from injury or haven't been in the first team for a while. The standard is very good.

"There's a lot of younger players who are at the start of their careers, and also plenty of experienced players. Richard Chaplow is over at Orange County, he's played in the Premier League himself. Joe Cole is at Tampa Bay, and Neil Collins is with him.

"Players that have played at the highest level in Europe are over here in the USL and the NASL. The games are getting better, and the standard is a lot better than I envisaged when I came out."